Reinforced concrete and tile wall construction



Nov. 25, 1958 c. M. CARRIER ,4

REINFORCED CONCRETE AND TILE WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed April 39. 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mmvron. 6955/15 #7. (19212152 147' TORNEY Nov. 25, 1958 c. M. CARRIER 2,361,443

REINFORCED CONCRETE AND TILE WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed April 30. 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N V EN TOR. Cass/us l9. (hm/5e.

" v 10 ,JJ'TORNAY United States, Patent F REINFORCED CONCRETE AND TILE WALL CONSTRUCTION Cassius M. Carrier, McKeesport, Pa.

Application April 30, 1954, Serial No. 426,847

1 Claim. (Cl. 7230) This invention relates to a building wall construction, and, more particularly, to a reinforced concrete and tile wall construction which can be readily and easily erected at the building site without the use of mortar to provide a wall of amazing strength.

An outstanding disadvantage of conventional wall constructions is that they involve considerable labor in erecting the wall, block by block, such as in the case of allconcrete walls, also the erection of such walls is very time consuming and expensive.

An object of my invention is to provide a wall construction which is devoid of the above named disadvantages of conventional wall constructions, and more particularly to provide a combination reinforced concrete and tile wall construction.

A more specific object of my invention is to provide a wall construction of steel and concrete rib construction with a tile filler, wherein various patterns of tile may be provided so as to permit a greater or smaller ratio of tile area to concrete area, depending on the strength of wall desired.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be come more apparent from a study of the following description taken with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a corner portion of a reinforced concrete and tile wall embodying the principles of my invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical elevational view of the reinforced concrete and tile wall shown in Figure 1, but also showing an additional door portion, and wherein the top portions of the forming boards are shown broken away to more clearly illustrate the concrete pillar portions formed thereby;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along III-III of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a part of a wall and steel joist combination showing how my invention is adapted to support such joist;

Figure 5 is a modification of my invention involving two horizontal rows of vertically disposed tiles instead of one, and located between the horizontally disposed rows of tile as shown in Figure 2 and;

Figure 6 is a second modification wherein three vertically stacked tiles are provided intermediate the horizontally disposed tiles.

Referring more particularly to Figures 1 and 2, numeral 1 denotes a plurality of horizontally disposed hollow tiles, such as those with scored outer surfaces, which are spaced about 4" apart with their inner cellular openings being in alignment or registery in, a horizontal direc tion. Numeral 3 denotes vertically disposed tiles which are sandwiched between the horizontally disposed tiles 1 and the cellular openings of which extend vertically. Upon each vertically extending horizontal row of tile 3 there is stacked another horizontal row 1 of tile, that is, with horizontally extending openings. After a plurality of horizontal courses of tile have been laid,'forming boards 5 are erected and may be temporarily held in 2,861,448 Patented 'Nov- 5 place by angularly extending braces (not shown). Boards Shave a width of greater than the 4"spacing between vertical rows of tiles, as shown more clearly in Figure 1. Forming boards 5 are disposed in opposed rela tio-nshr'p on opposite sides of the wall as shown more clearly in Figure 1. To one of the inner surfaces of opposed pairs of forming boards 5 there is lightly nailed a hard wood strip 6 with beveled edges to be embedded in the concrete pillars 2 after the concrete is poured be-i tween vertical rows of tile. The purpose of strips 6 is to: provide the surface onto which to nail or otherwise at' tach insulation or trim to the inside of the building. Strips 6 may extend from floor to ceiling. Wood stringers 7' and 8 are mounted in spaced, horizontally extend-; ing parallel relationship on the outside surface of opposing forming boards 5 so as to provide horizontal align ment of the various vertical rows of tile. Stringers 8: may be mounted by means of wires 11 which are looped therearound and through staggered small holes formed in the forming boards 5.

After the wall is completely erected, that is, with tile and forming boards, vertical reinforcing rods 9 areex tended through the vertical spaces between vertical rows of tile.' Horizontal reinforced rods 10 are extended through horizontal registering openings of alternate rows of tile 1. Thereafter the vertical spaces are filled with concrete to form vertical concrete pillars 2. As the concrete flows vertically downwardly, confined byforming boards 5 and 6, it will flow along the side of the outer end surfaces of the vertically extending tiles 3, but will flow laterally through the horizontal openings in the alternate horizontally extending courses of tile 1, soas to provide a grid-like formation of concrete. The ends of rods 10 are anchored to 4 x 4" anchors 12, the lower portion of which are embedded in the footer F at the corners. Such anchored ends of rods 10 are ar; ranged at spaced heights of the angle iron 12. Angle iron 12 may be provided with holes through which the end' portions of reinforcing rods 10 may extend, or such holesmay be merely burned in. Moreover, reinforcing 'rods 10 may be prestressed, such as by bending the end portions 10a thereof at right angles against a flange of angle iron 12, and applying turn-buckles at the opposite ends. Likewise the vertical reinforcing rods 9 may be prestressed.

As shown in Figure 2 a door frame may be built in as shown, with a horizontal reinforcing rod 10 extending through a hole thereof if so desired. A concrete floor 17 is, laid thereon and covered with a floor of linoleum or hard wood 18 or the like. To facilitate laying of floor 18 wood strips similar to strips 6, shown in Figure 1 may be embedded and disposed in spaced horizontal rows in the top portion of concrete floor 17.

Figure 5 shows a modification which is similar to the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2 except that double courses of tile 3, with vertical openings, are provided instead of a single course for purposes of economy of steel and concrete. That is to say, there are alternate horizontally disposed courses 1 of tile with horizontal passages, and there are alternate double courses of tile having vertical passages. The resulting structure is still a grid-like reinfoced concrete structure with a tile filler.

Figure 6 shows a further modification wherein instead 2,861,448 v T' fof doubly stacked tiles=3, there are three stacked tiles pro- I Thusathe: arrangement may be. two. horizontal courses of tile? and two 201? more adjoining vertically. stacked coursesetc. Or: somerinstances', all the tile may: be disposed withztheir. openingsextending horizontally and: with-none extending vertically; The important underlying principle inlstaeking'the tile' is that. they should be symmetrically stacked SO-Liflj the case of tiles with horizontal openings; the 1 varioustiles: of any one horizontal course willihavestheir openings in' alignment; The reason, of course, is2to allow' the horizontal reinforcing rods: to extendi through the entire horizontal. course. Likewise vertically, stacked? tiles with vertical openings will: have their vertical openings in alignment. Of course, in situations'lwhere someor all of. the metal reinforcing may be eliminated the: symmetry. is nolonger indispensable, and alignment!" of the: tile openings is: no longer required.

Tile: 3.; whichliave vertical passages; may be filed with insulating materialgcif desired, in caseswhere heat or cold insulation is important.

Thus itwill be: seenthat I have. provided an efficient building wall construction intlie' form of a combined reinforcedzacnncrete; ribbed construction with a tile filler, whereirr'various: arrangements of tile may be made to provide :a. greatertor. lesser amount of "tile in' relation to concrete, resulting. inrz'a. grid-like reinforced concrete structure with; tile filler,..andwherein such walls may be erected without themecessity: of mortar, and with great ease; and speed, involving simply: the=erection of vertically spaced: preformingboards on opposite sides of the wall for bridging the: spaces; between vertical rows of tile reinforcinghwith" rods, then. pouring concrete; furthermore, L haveprovided' a reinforced concrete and tile buildingzwall construction in whichthe: reinforcing rods may be embedded in concrete and prestressed so as to formca. wall of. amazingly highstrength.

While I have illustrated and described several embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that these are by way of illustration only, and that various changes and modifications may be made within the contemplation of my invention and within the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A reinforced concrete building wall-with tile filler comprising, in combination, a plurality of spaced, vertically extending concrete columns, and a plurality of vertical columns of tile completely filling the spacetherebetween, each tile column being arranged in a plurality of horizontal courses, wherein each course-consists of a single tile unit spanning the space between the adjacent concrete columns, certain of said horizontal courses consisting of the tile units having aligned cellular openings extending horizontally of the; wall: and other of said horizontal coursesiofeach: tile column-consisting of til'e units-having aligned cellulanopenings: extendingvertically, certain of said horizontally extending aligned, cellular openings having concrete therein reinforcedwith'metal'rods extending horizontally: through the' adjacent columnsand continuously throughthe aligned cellularopenings throughout a major. portion .of the wall References Cited in the file-of this patent UNITED- STATES PATENTS 1,188,919" Ehgl a n d lunet27, 19.16 1,307,779 Johnson June 24, 1919 1,679,599 Bevier Aug. 7, 1928 2,272,659 Daley Feb. 10, 1942 2,340,263 Dodson Jan. 25, 1944 V FOREIGN PATENTS 251,967 Great Britainof- 1 926 596,390 Great Britain of" 1948 40,120 France of -l932 v (lstadditi'onto-No. 689,168) 1,023,176 France Mar. 16,1953

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